The memorial is located in the White Knowle Methodist Chapelyard, on Hayfield Road, just outside the village of Chinley
White Knowle Wesleyan Chapel Memorial
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN SINCERE REMEMBRANCE OF THE BOYS OF WHITE KNOWLE CHAPEL WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN “THE GREAT WAR”. THAT WE MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM
ALSO IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF THE EFFORTS OF ALL THE OTHERS WHO SERVED AND WHOSE LIVES WERE MERCIFULLY SPARED
THEIR NAME SHALL REMAIN FOR EVER AND THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE FORGOTTEN
Sources used: Soldiers Died in the Great War CD-Rom Sailors Died in the Great War DVD-ROM
The First World War Campaign Medals DVD-Rom – Naval & Military Press Commonwealth War Graves Commission Ancestry
All photographs, unless otherwise stated, copyright of Chris Preston
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN SINCERE REMEMBRANCE OF THE BOYS OF WHITE KNOWLE CHAPEL WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN “THE GREAT WAR”. THAT WE MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM
ALSO IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF THE EFFORTS OF ALL THE OTHERS WHO SERVED AND WHOSE LIVES WERE MERCIFULLY SPARED
THEIR NAME SHALL REMAIN FOR EVER AND THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE FORGOTTEN
1914 – 1919
JAMES E. HAMER
WILLIAM H. HAMER
GEORGE BARNES
MARK KIRKHAM
IN MEMORY OF THE BOYS CONNECTED WITH CHINLEY WESLEYAN CHAPEL AND SCHOOL
SAMUEL BAINBRIDGE
THOMAS BLEACKLEY
WALTER LEESON
JOHN H. SHARPE
JAMES WEBSTER
JOHN WATERHOUSE
Sources used:
Soldiers Died in the Great War CD-Rom
Sailors Died in the Great War DVD-ROM
The First World War Campaign Medals DVD-Rom – Naval & Military Press
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Ancestry
All photographs, unless otherwise stated, copyright of Chris Preston